Round the World...a card for travelers!

I love maps. I love to use them as part of a collage and also for cards. When I saw frantic stamper's Earth dies, I had to have them!  One die is a regular die which cuts out an Earth "map" of the western n eastern hemispheres.  The other die is a reverse die which cuts out the detail within a piece of paper but does not produce a separate die cut.

I chose several papers that would work with my dies including handwriting, newspaper adverts and a pretty collage piece I used for my background.

I cut out the detail of the Earth using the reverse die in the center of my newspaper advert paper.  I used mounting tape to add this to the green handwriting paper, taking care to add mounting tape beneath the continents so they would be supported..  I cut another Earth using the regular die out of embossed gold foil on card stock.  I glued this onto my detail image.

You may have noticed the chain at the top and bottom of my card. I used a Sizzix die for this (Sizzix Original Die - Chained) and used white shimmer paper.

I hope that you will consider these dies for your cards too!

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*** Materials for this project are available at www.franticstamper.com. Frantic Stamper Products Used:

•  Frantic Stamper Precision Dies
• Plant Earth    FRA-Die-09257
• Reverse Cut Earth    FRA-Die-09258

I Heart Paris

 

I love everything French.  I don't know what it is about Paris but perhaps the romance and history do it for me.  That is what inspires my card today.  I love to use recognizable images in my cards so that the meaning is evident.  The Eiffel Tower is one of those that evokes Paris.  I used the heart lock die from the keys set (love that set!).  Although the lock does have a fancy cut out, I kept that in place for this more solid look.

You will notice that the metallic gold foil background is embossed with a Texture fade from Tim Holtz/Sizzix (Eiffel Tower and French Script Set)  Its a perfect match for the French feel on the card.  I also used Fleur de Lis Rectangles by Spellbinders.  Again, another match made in heaven! 

My card base was white, onto which I matted another piece of plain card stock which I colored with Distress ink in Vintage Photo.  I also distressed it.  You will notice what looks like strip of paper at the bottom.  It is actually washi tape (called POSTAGE) from a company that I cannot remember (sorry about that but it has postage marks randomly on it with a couple in silver foil). Little B Stripes Red/ Blue/ White would also go perfectly with this as these are the colors of the French flag.

At the top of the Tower I added the tip of a snowflake.  It looks like a beaming light! You never know what you can use your dies for!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed my card!

 

Lis

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*** Materials for this project are available at www.franticstamper.com. Frantic Stamper Products Used:

•  Frantic Stamper Precision Dies
• Keys to My Heart     (FRA-die-09111)
• France (set of five dies)  (FRA-Die-09000)